The Republican Insurance Stimulus makes malpractice legal.
Rhetoric: The House Republican bill substitute ends junk lawsuits that contribute to higher health care costs by increasing the number of tests and procedures that physicians sometimes order not because they think it's good medicine, but because they are afraid of being sued.
Reality: The Republican bill substitute offers new no ideas; the bill caps the amount of damages a person injured can receive and will preempt state consumer protection laws. House Democrats have included a voluntary state incentive grants program in our bill to encourage states to develop alternatives to traditional malpractice litigation.
John Boehner is over reacting and taking provisions of the Health Care Reform Bill out of context. The Health Care Insurance Commission is legislated to CONTROL the exploitation of the health care insurance companies and if they deny a pertinant procedure it is possible to reverse that decision by the Commissioner. In other words, where health insurance companies find loop holes, the Commissioner closes it.
